This week's links. Enjoy.Make Things With Your HandsA Q&A with Sir Terence Conran, designer, restaurateur and retailer who over the last five decades has significantly influenced how Britain lives and eats. Beginning in 1964, his Habitat chain of stores helped to introduce simple, well-designed housewares at affordable prices. Decades later, his restaurants did much to introduce the country to fine and stylish cuisine.

Bon Appétit's Food Lover's CleanseFeeling sluggish after overindulging over the holidays? Kick off the new year right with Bon Appétit's two week healthy eating challenge, which focuses on balanced and nutritious eating rather than crash dieting.

Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side) Check out this lovely stop motion animation short, a collaborative work between director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich and Where The Wild Things Are), and handbag designer Olympia Le-Tan, whose intricately embroidered clutch-bags were the inspiration for this film. Set on a shelf in famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, it's the star-crossed love story of a skeleton and his flame-haired amour — all with a jaunty French sensibility that's both cheeky and charming. Via brainpickings.